Academic Programs
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (CCAP) Programs
Our training programs foster lifelong learning and support the professional development of trainees.
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
UC Davis Health is dedicated to advancing the education and training of highly qualified behavioral health professionals in psychology and psychiatry.
Our Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (CCAP) training programs exemplify this commitment to lifelong learning. We cultivate an environment that promotes growth across all areas of professional competency by recognizing and building upon each trainee’s strengths while supporting their continued development. We also value and honor the unique cultural identities that trainees bring to our team, clinic, and community.
CCAP Training Programs
We offer two training programs in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology in the form of a doctoral internship and a postdoctoral fellowship.
Doctoral Internship
Our one-year doctoral internship integrates clinical training with a strong academic approach.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fellows receive advanced training and provide direct psychological services during this one-year program.
Our Faculty
Our department has over 80 faculty members whose expertise represents a wide array of clinical and research interests.
Research
Several faculty within the department also participate in federally funded research programs that investigate:
- Basic mechanisms of brain function
- Neurodevelopment
- Clinical studies in child and adult psychiatry
- Specific psychiatric disorders such as autism, psychosis, and trauma-related disorders
Theoretical Approaches
Our psychology and psychiatry faculty represent an array of integrated theoretical approaches, including:
- Family systems
- Cognitive-behavioral
- Multicultural
- Psychodynamic/attachment-based
- Interpersonal
Our faculty also have clinical expertise in in psychotherapy and comprehensive psychological assessment with infants, children, adolescents and adults from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds with complex clinical presentations. In addition to our full-time faculty, our program includes several volunteer clinical faculty representing a wide range of training and experience.
Meet Our Primary Training and Supervisory Faculty
- Carlina R. Wheeler, Ph.D.
- Richelle Long, Ph.D.
- Elizabeth Solomon Loyola, Psy.D.
- Olivia Briceño Contreras, Psy.D.
- Melissa Hopkins, M.D.
- Joanna Servin, Ph.D.
- Zachary Shindorf, Ph.D.